What kind of abacus is Trump making behind his attack on Chinese drones? What are the special considerations for choosing the UK at the first meeting of the China-US Economic Consultation Mechanism?
The call between the Chinese and US leaders has just ended, and Trump signed three executive orders. The second executive order clearly states that it is necessary to reduce dependence on foreign countries in the field of drone technology.
Although the decree does not mention which country's enterprises are targeting, based on the data that China's drone market share in US law enforcement agencies and emergency rescue fields are more than 90%, Trump's new decree is obviously "targeting Chinese companies."
But Trump's move toward Chinese drones is actually expected. After all, the American political circle has always believed that "China's drone opportunities seriously threaten US national security", so since 2017, the United States has been suppressing Chinese drone companies led by DJI.
For example, in 2017, the US Department of Defense completely banned the US military from using DJI drone products based on the so-called "data security risks". In 2020, the US Department of Commerce included DJI on the export control list on the grounds of "threatening US national security."
In 2021, the US Congress once again legislated, requiring the Pentagon to compile the so-called "list of Chinese military enterprises". Subsequently, most Chinese companies related to the drone industry, such as DJI and Hesai Technology, were on this blacklist.
So now Trump signs an executive order to attack Chinese drones, which is obviously maintaining policy inertia, and we don't need to be too surprised.
What we really should pay attention to is why Trump played the "drone card" at this time, and since Trump's executive order essentially reduces his dependence on Chinese drones, why did he not directly restrict Chinese drones from entering the US market as soon as possible?
Strictly speaking, Trump's new decree seems to be "more moderate" than the decree that involved Chinese drones implemented during the Biden period, which is actually very abnormal.
Now, only by combining the recent changes in Sino-US relations can we roughly understand what the United States wants to do.
According to the official news released by China and the United States, the two countries will hold the first meeting of the China-US economic and trade consultation mechanism in the UK.
U.S. representatives are likely to exchange interests with China with Trump's newly signed executive order.
If China agreed to certain conditions of the United States at the meeting, the United States may only provide policy and financial support for the development of its drone industry.
But if the negotiations between the two countries are not going well, Trump's new policy can also be escalated to directly banning Chinese drones from entering the market at any time, then the United States is now "making a void" for the upcoming Sino-US economic and trade conference.
But this move cannot scare China. After all, the United States has made every effort to suppress Chinese drones in the past five years, but it has not had any effect. So why should Trump say that he can "drive Chinese drones out of the US market"?
The United States should also be clear that China obviously has the dominance in the Sino-US negotiations, which can be seen from the choice of the location of the negotiations between the two countries.
According to the news released by the website of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 7: He Lifeng, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, visited the UK from June 8 to 13, and then held the first meeting of the Sino-US economic and trade consultation mechanism with the United States during the "visit".
The first priority of Vice Premier He Lifeng's foreign affairs itinerary is to visit the UK, and the second thing is to negotiate with the United States, so China is obviously not in a hurry. This meeting was even held temporarily by the strong demands of the United States.
Since the United States is in a more urgent mood and seeks China, it is naturally difficult for them to play the "arrogant at first and respect later" strategy.
